Commercial Insulation Board
ROXUL Inc. launched a line of commercial insulation board for fire-first applications. With the introduction of ROXUL SAFE, designers, architects and specifiers will now have access to a new line…
2016
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Columbia University Medical Center Opens Defining Space
NEW YORK — Columbia University Medical Center’s (CUMC) Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center opened in New York in August and is one of the university’s most modern and high-tech…
Builder Selected for UCLA’s Geffen Academy Project
LOS ANGELES — Geffen Academy, a new college-preparatory school that will be located on the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, announced its builder in late October. The $23.8…
Baltimore School Named World’s Second-Largest LEED Platinum Project
Green Street Academy in West Baltimore was recently recognized as the first project in Maryland to achieve LEED Platinum certification under the USGBC’s Schools v3 rating system
Tom Marseille
Tom Marseille, sustainability director for WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff’s U.S. buildings practice and managing director of the Seattle office, has been named a 2016 LEED Fellow by Green Business Certification…
Charlie White
Dr. Charlie White was recently named interim president of New River Community College (NRCC) in Dublin, Va., effective January 2017. White was employed in various positions within Virginia’s Community College…
Rutgers Breaks Ground on New Health Athletic Performance Center
PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Construction began on the RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center earlier this month at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in Piscataway Township. New York-based Perkins…
California Voters Approve $9 Billion Prop 51 Bond Measure
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Roughly 53 percent of California voters passed Proposition 51 (Prop 51) last week. The $9 billion bond measure will allow the state to match local funding for…
Kentucky School Reaps Benefits of Innovative HVAC System
WINCHESTER, Ky. — Clark County Public Schools in Winchester recently improved upon its existing chilled beam energy-saving system by conducting retrofits on the Robert D. Campbell Junior High School HVAC…
Conferences and Community
By Lindsey Coulter Attending industry events and conferences is a fantastic way to learn about emerging school and university design and construction trends, celebrate award-winning projects, and check out the…